Long run trends in energy-related external costs

Fouquet, Roger

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.020

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“…For example, Fouquet (2011) shows that, after a period of declining coal prices and soaring consumption of energy services and, thus, of coal, which fuelled the First and part of the Second Industrial Revolution, the nineteenth century British firms and households were externalising the social costs of energy production and consumption on a massive scale. In the 1880s, nearly £(2000) 20 billion (around 20% of GDP) of estimated damage was being caused by air pollution resulting from coal combustion.…”

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Historical energy transitions: Speed, prices and system transformation

Fouquet

2016

Energy Research & Social Science

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Historical energy transitions: Speed, prices and system transformation

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2016

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“…An important factor was that the damage associated with air pollution appears to have been non-linear in the second half of the nineteenth century. For instance, while average air pollution concentrations in London increased by an estimated 30% between 1840 and 1890, deaths attributed to bronchitis in London increased from 20 to 300 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (Fouquet 2011b). …”

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Lessons from energy history for climate policy: Technological change, demand and economic development

Fouquet

2016

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This paper draws lessons from long run trends in energy markets for energy and climate policy. An important lesson is that consumer responses to energy markets1 The income elasticity of demand for an energy service indicates the percentage change in the consumption of the energy service for a one percent change in income. For example, an income elasticity of 0.5 (or 1.5) implies that, if income rises by 10%, consumption will increase by 5% (or 15%, respectively). Similarly, the price elasticity indicates the percentage change in the consumption of the energy service for a one percent change in the price of the energy service. That is, a price elasticity of -0.5 (or -1.5) implies that, if prices rise by 10%, consumption will fall by 5% (or 15%, respectively).2

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“…Fouquet 2008Fouquet , 2011Fouquet , 2013 for the UK) with the R+D and innovation data we have discussed in this paper. A key problem in measuring electricity service productivity is around measuring the quality (or in the case of nuclear power the safety) of the output.…”

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“…He examines mortality due to coal mining and mortality due to associated air pollution. External costs associated with coal production and use peaked in 1891 at 17.5% of GDP (Fouquet, 2011(Fouquet, , p.2385. These costs have fallen rapidly since 1950 to near 21 zero by 2000.…”

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“…In nuclear power, strengthening of safety standards has been a major reason for a lack of decrease in cost of nuclear power. Fouquet (2011) focuses on long run trends in external costs associated with coal use in Great Britain. He examines mortality due to coal mining and mortality due to associated air pollution.…”

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Why and how to subsidise energy R+D: Lessons from the collapse and recovery of electricity innovation in the UK

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2015

Energy Policy

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, T. and Pollitt, M.G. (2015) 'Why and how to subsidise energy R+D : lessons from the collapse and recovery of electricity innovation in the UK. ', Energy Policy., Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.041Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A denitive version was subsequently published in Energy Policy, 83, August 2015, 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.041. Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractThe UK electricity sector liberalisation was a pioneer in the worldwide reform trend and its reform model and outcomes have been the subject of many studies. However, lesser known are the effects of privatisation, market based reforms, and incentive regulation of networks on research and development as well as patenting activities in the sector. This paper updates our previous studies of this subject and discusses the recent developments in the innovative activities in the UK electricity sector. We find that, in recent years, the initial absence of support policies and the subsequent decline in 2 innovation efforts in the aftermath of the reform has resulted in efforts towards forming an energy technology and innovation policy. Although we already observe some positive outcomes from these efforts, we discuss whether the balance of the innovation efforts are calibrated appropriately and whether the institutional framework can be further improved to promote long term progress.

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Long run trends in energy-related external costs

Cited by 39 publications

References 58 publications

Historical energy transitions: Speed, prices and system transformation

Historical energy transitions: Speed, prices and system transformation

Lessons from energy history for climate policy: Technological change, demand and economic development

Why and how to subsidise energy R+D: Lessons from the collapse and recovery of electricity innovation in the UK

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